Athletic shoe



Oct. 3f) 1923.

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unirse stares Partnr eerie FRANK HAGGERTY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH T PINKIE IZENS'IARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ATHLETIC SHOE.

Application filed January 3, 1921.

To all yw lio/1t t may concern .Re it known that I, FRANK I-IAGGERTY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Athletic Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to athletic shoes and it has for its principal object the provision of a new and improved arrangement by reason of which the ankle of the wearer shall be braced with the desired firmness for offsetting any weakness or preventing injury to the ankle.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which,

Fig. l is a side view 0f an embodiment of my improved shoe, and

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates an outer sole, in the construction shown being formed of two plies sewed together. An inner sole 6 is secured to the outer sole 5, with the lower edge portion of the upper 7 secured between the edges of the soles 5 and 6. On the inner face of the upper 7 I have provided a sheath 8 of flexible material, which in the preferred form is made of soft leather, being secured at its lower edge portion between the soles 5 and 6 at the side portions thereof. The sheath 8 is secured to the upper 7 at each side thereof at the point corresponding to the position of the ankle joint of the wearer, this connection being effected in the construction shown by means of the stitching by which ankle pads 9 are held in position. The shoe is adapted to be held in position upon the foot of the wearer by means of an ordinary lacing 10 independently of the sheath 8, and the sheath is also adapted to be secured tightly about the ankle of the wearer Serial No. 434,434.

by means of a lacing ll passing through suitable openings in the front edge portions of the sheath.

In use, with the lacings l() and ll thoroughly loosened, the shoe is drawn into proper position on the foot; the lacing l1 of the sheath 8 is then tightened and secured so as to effect the desired bracing of the ankle. The lacing l0 is then tightened for holding the upper snugly in position about the sheath 8, serving to reinforce the sheath S and assist in the desired bracing of the ankle.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. An athletic shoe comprising a sole, an upper secured to said sole, means for securing the upper on the foot of the wearer, a sheath in said upper, ankle pads upon the outer face of the upper, stitching securing said ankle pad, upper and sheath together, said stitching being the only connection be tween said upper and said sheath above the sole, and lacing means for securing said sheath about the ankle of the wearer, substantially as described.

2. An athletic shoe comprising an outer sole, an inner sole secured to the outer sole, an upper having its lower end secured between said soles, a sheatharranged in said upper and having itslower ends at the sides secured between the said soles, ankle pads upon the outer face of the upper stitching securing said pad, upper and sheath together, said stitching being the only connection between said upper and said sheath above the sole whereby relative movement between the upper and sheath is permitted at front, top and back of the shoe and se 2f v Y 1,472,415

irate means-for securing said upper and In testimony whereof kI have signed my said sheath 'about the ankle of the wearer, name to this specification, in the presence 10 I substantially as described. of two subscribing witnesses.

8. A device as set Jforth in cla-i111 2, ur- Y 5 ther characterized by the upper end of the FRANK 'HAGGERTY. Y sheath extending considerably above the up- Witnesses: Y

per t0 brace the ankle, substantially as de- JOSHUA R. H. Poms,

scribed. v FREDA G. APHETON. 

